Antimicrobial Resistance Trends at a Pediatric Hospital in Guatemala City, 2005-2019 | Zendy

Kelly Graff | Zendy; W. Jon Windsor | Zendy; Diva M. Calvimontes | Zendy; Mario Melgar | Zendy; Nancy Galvez | Zendy; José Guadalupe Argueta Rivera | Zendy; Samuel R. Dominguez | Zendy; Edwin J. Asturias | Zendy; Maria Gordillo | Zendy

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Antimicrobial Resistance Trends at a Pediatric Hospital in Guatemala City, 2005-2019

Author(s) -

Kelly Graff,

W. Jon Windsor,

Diva M. Calvimontes,

Mario Melgar,

Nancy Galvez,

José Guadalupe Argueta Rivera,

Samuel R. Dominguez,

Edwin J. Asturias,

Maria Gordillo

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piab048

Subject(s) - medicine , acinetobacter , antibiotic resistance , antimicrobial , klebsiella infections , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , klebsiella pneumoniae , antibiotics , gene , biology , genetics , escherichia coli

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing worldwide. We analyzed AMR rates for bacterial species identified from pediatric blood cultures between 2005 and 2019 at a single institution in Guatemala. We found significantly increased rates in Gram-negative resistance, with a high prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter and Klebsiella harboring the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase gene.

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